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A Beautiful World | 
 enlarge | Artist: Robin Thicke
Label: Interscope Records
Category: Music
List Price: $12.98
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Rating:  69 reviews
Sales Rank: 4885
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 4.9 x 0.4
MPN: 493375
UPC: 606949337520
EAN: 0606949337520
ASIN: B00006XMU1
Release Date: April 15, 2003
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| Tracks:
| • | Oh Shooter | | • | Suga Mama | | • | Flowers In Bloom | | • | When I Get You Alone | | • | Stupid Things | | • | I'm 'A Be Alright | | • | Brand New Jones | | • | Vengas Con Migo | | • | Flex | | • | Make A Baby | | • | Lazy Bones | | • | Cherry Blue Skies |
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Amazon.com
Comparisons generally stink, but sometimes they're so obvious that they're inevitable. So it is with L.A. native and blue-eyed soul man Robin Thicke. Equal parts Remy Shand and Jamiroquai--though funkier than the former and less knuckleheaded than the latter--Thick's Cherry Blue Skies staggers through the speakers with moxie to spare. Opening track "Oh Shooter"--which finds Thicke drawling lazily while tires screech in the background--is a bait-and-switch for what's to come. By "Sugar Mama," Thicke is outfitted in the proverbial white suit and fedora, slinking around the edges of the groove and wailing in a falsetto like some funk-soul cat from the '70s. Levity plays an essential role in the formula, too; "Make a Baby" is as silly a love song as its title suggests, and "When I Get You Alone" steals wholesale from Walter Murphy's disco-era novelty hit, "A Fifth of Beethoven." But the dance floor is only one destination in Thicke's view. Earnest ballads also appear (notably, the sweetly sentimental, minor-chord lament "The Stupid Things"), and one is again inclined toward another comparison, this time to Stevie Wonder. Funky, jazzy soul-pop, with a touch of salsa in "Vengas Con Migo"; that's as accomplished as it is welcoming. --Kim Hughes
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| Customer Reviews: Read 64 more reviews...
Favorite Robin Thicke Album October 21, 2008
I was pleasantly surprised to find I enjoy almost every song on this CD - not just the one song I was looking for when I purchased it (When I get you Alone).
 A very talented man September 19, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I was turned on to Thicke by a friend in early 2003 before the entire album was available. I was very intrigued by his sound and was excited about the release. I picked it up right away and it immediately became the continuously looped CD in my car. All the songs caught me right away and his voice is very sexy. If you like his most recent work, definitely take a listen to this and add it to your collection.
I love this guy! October 28, 2007
Love Oh Shooter, and it's "remake", Shooter, but to a lesser extent. I am not the biggest fan of Lil Wayne; he's unattractive, everywhere and his music doesn't hit the spot.
But the good songs don't even end there:
Beautiful World (insight, sadness, misery) I'm A Be Alright, The Stupid Things, When I Get You Alone, Flowers In Bloom, Lazy Bones and Suga Mama earn his smooth vocals a 4+ star rating.
I can't wait to hear from him again. He's great!
Standouts:
Oh Shooter
A Beautiful World
The Stupid Things
Lazy Bones
4+ stars.
Smooth............ May 14, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
As a percussionist, I really appreciate music that provides a smooth groove. This album definitely does a good job of that. A classic R&B feel with a new funky vibe.
Had to get it April 21, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I am newly into Thicke and had to buy up all his music. This cd is great, funkier and younger. Fantastic R&B.
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